Wyden reintroduces bill to protect Social Security benefits from garnishment
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday reintroduced legislation that would restore federal protections of Social Security benefits…
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Merkley, colleagues introduce legislation to restore critical kelp forests
WASHINGTON – Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Angus King of Maine have teamed up with Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) to introduce the…
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OHA: COVID-19 booster could be available in Oregon as soon as next week
People in Oregon could start receiving the nation’s newest COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next week after a federal advisory body earlier this week…
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Bend’s Knopp, other GOP senators who boycotted Oregon Legislature file for reelection, despite being disqualified
Oregon state senators with at least 10 absences during a record-setting Republican walkout are supposed to be disqualified from running for…
Continue ReadingSeattle police officer under investigation as footage shows him saying woman’s life had ‘limited value’ after she was fatally hit by police car
By Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — A Seattle police officer is under investigation after his body-worn camera captured a phone conversation following…
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Wyden, colleagues demand answers from AI companies on use of underpaid, overworked data workers
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate colleagues wrote Wednesday to nine of the nation’s leading companies developing and…
Continue Reading Chavez-DeRemer introduces homelessness bill expanding mental health, substance abuse care
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Summer Lee (PA-12) on Wednesday introduced the bipartisan DIRECT Care for the Homeless…
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Art, science merge in OSU-led study of 19th-century landscape paintings’ ecological integrity
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An Oregon State University-led collaboration of ecologists and art historians has demonstrated that landscape paintings…
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Bryan Kohberger, charged in the slayings of 4 Idaho college students, wants cameras out of courtroom
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last…
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Oregon’s August unemployment rate holds steady at record-low 3.4%, despite loss of 1,200 jobs
Oregon’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.4% in August, the same as in July, the Oregon Employment Department reported Wednesday. The rate tied…
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Bull riding star J.B. Mauney announces retirement, week after breaking neck in Lewiston Roundup
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Bull riding star J.B. Mauney announced his retirement Tuesday, a week after breaking his neck in the Lewiston Roundup. The…
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Wyden speaks on Senate floor on start of Medicare negotiations to lower the cost of prescription drugs
Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., took to the Senate floor Tuesday to mark the start of long-sought negotiations by Medicare to lower the cost of…
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Oregon AG Rosenblum sues Fox Corporation board for ‘peddling known falsehoods,’ breach of fiduciary duty
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a stockholder derivative lawsuit Tuesday against the board of directors of Fox…
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Gov. Kotek announces new round of funding for rural counties in homelessness response
Governor Tina Kotek on Tuesday announced funding allocations to counties within Oregon’s Balance of State Continuum of Care as part of her…
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McKenzie Pass Highway reopens west of Sisters as Lookout Fire evacuation levels are reduced
ODOT reopened Oregon Highway 242, the McKenzie Highway, Tuesday morning following reductions in Lookout Fire evacuation levels. A 15-mile stretch…
Continue Reading Wyden, colleagues investigate organ donation system for possible self-dealing, financial conflicts of interest
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Chuck Grassley, R- Iowa, Ben Cardin, D-Md, and Todd Young, R-Ind., said Monday they are continuing…
Continue ReadingMan accused of walking into FBI office, confessing to killing Boston woman in 1979
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A 68-year-old man walked into an FBI field office in Oregon and confessed to bludgeoning a woman to…
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Oregon gas prices dipped just a bit last week, but are still higher than a month or a year ago
Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 2.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.68/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of…
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Two more miles of Columbia River Gorge state trail open to public
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – State, federal and local partners helped dedicate two additional miles of the Historic Columbia River Highway State…
Continue ReadingOfficers shoot and kill ‘agitated’ man in coastal Oregon city, police say
ROCKAWAY BEACH, Ore. (AP) — Law enforcement officers shot and killed a man described as “agitated” in the small coastal city of…
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